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Robert F. Kennedy, in a photo taken while he was serving as Attorney General of the United States, June 15, 1964. Also called "RFK," he was U.S. Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a U.S. Senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968.

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Brothers Robert Kennedy, left, and John Kennedy, speak at the White House, in Washington, in an undated photo during John Kennedy's presidency. Bobby was one of JFK's most trusted advisors and worked closely with the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He also made a significant contribution to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

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Robert F. Kennedy, the campaign manager for his brother, Sen. John F. Kennedy, D-Mass., speaks during a press conference on August 8, 1960. Robert Francis Kennedy was born on Nov. 20, 1925, in Brookline, Mass., the seventh child of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy.

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Following John F. Kennedy's election as President, the Kennedy clan gathered for this group photo at the Hyannisport, Mass. home of patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy, on Nov. 9, 1960. Shown standing at left is Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy; fourth from the left is John F. Kennedy with Robert Kennedy to his right. Seated on the far right are Jacqueline Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.

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Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy speaks to demonstrators outside the U.S. Department of Justice building, in Washington, June 14, 1963.

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Jacqueline Kennedy, holding the hand of Robert F. Kennedy, on day that her husband and Bobby's brother, President John F. Kennedy, was shot, Nov. 22, 1963.

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John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father's casket outside St. Matthews Cathedral in Washington, following a funeral mass, Nov. 25, 1963. Standing behind John-John from left are his sister, Caroline; Edward Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; and Robert Kennedy.

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Sen Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., and his wife Ethel Kennedy pose with eight of their nine children on the lawn of their home at McLean, Va., Oct. 15, 1966. From right are: Kathleen; Joseph; Robert Jr.; David; Mary Courtney; Michael; Kerry; and Christopher.

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Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., March 1, 1967. In June 2008 New York lawmakers approved the renaming New York City's Triborough Bridge the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. The Triborough Bridge, opened in 1936, is actually a complex of three bridges, a viaduct and 14 miles of approach roads. It links Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens.

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Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., March 15, 1967.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy delivers a speech at the Ambassador Hotel moments before he was shot and killed, in Los Angeles, June 5, 1968.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, delivers a speech at the Ambassador Hotel moments before he was shot and killed in Los Angeles, June 5, 1968.

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Sen. Robert F. Kennedy lies on floor at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, June 5, 1968, after being shot by Sihan Sirhan.

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Los Angeles Herald-Examiner headline "RFK is dead" June 6, 1968, the day after Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot in Los Angeles.

Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian gunman who shot Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is seen on June 7, 1968.

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Ethel Kennedy, left, wife of slain Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, follows his casket into St. Patrick's Cathedral, accompanied by two sisters of the late senator, Patricia Lawford, right, and Jean Smith, center, in New York, June 7, 1968.